I'm Somebody, Who are You?
An Author's Tools
Synonyms
Places We've Been
Whose Memorable Phrase?
100
I'm (author) Wes's father.
Who is Westley Moore?
100
This is a comparison between two things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
100
infrequent
What is sporadic?
100
Setting (town) for Of Mice and Men
What is Soledad, CA?
100
"I said what stake you got in this guy? You takin' his pay from him?"
Who is the boss in OMAM?
200
I'm the jerkline skinner at the ranch in OMAM.
Who is Slim?
200
An author establishes this when she reveals the story's geographic location, time period, mood, etc.
What is SETTING?
200
Display
What is manifest?
200
Where (author) Wes moves to live with his grandparents.
What is the Bronx, NY?
200
"You know what, I'm good."
Who is Tony?
300
I'm the deaf and mute Cossack who assists General Zaroff.
What is Ivan?
300
Most stories have one main character, also referred to as this.
What is the protagonist?
300
crouch (in fear or shame)
What is cower?
300
Where "the man" tries to build a fire in "To Build a Fire."
What is the Yukon Territory (Alaska)?
300
"I am the Emperor!"
Who is Harrison Bergeron?
400
I'm the poet who wrote "Another Reason Why I Don't Keep a Gun in the House."
Who is Billy Collins?
400
When an author interrupts the story's chronology to relate events that happened in the past, it's called this.
What is a flashback?
400
quarry
What is prey?
400
Where Rainsford is headed to hunt at the start of "The Most Dangerous Game."
What is Rio, Brazil?
400
"Don't talk rot...Who cares how a jaguar feels?"
Who is Rainsford?
500
I'm the author of My American Journey and the first African-American to serve in a president's Cabinet.
Who is Gen. Colin Powell?
500
When an author attributes human or animate characteristics to an inanimate object or abstract idea, we call it this.
What is personification?
500
touchable
What is palpable?
500
Where Wes Moore served as a paratrooper.
What is AFGHANISTAN?
500
"Yeah, I had him since he was a pup. God, he was a good sheep dog..."
Who is Candy?
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